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<blockquote data-quote="Quip" data-source="post: 756128" data-attributes="member: 3816">While I'm not familiar with Dusk, I have tried developling spell point systems in the past. On the issue of casting highest level spells repeatedly, I came up with a little trick: Have there be a minimum reserve of points that must be left for the spell to be cast. A multiple of the base cost or some function of the power level works best. For example, if a caster has 90 points and is casting his strongest spells at 15 points a piece, and there is a required reserve of 4x base cost, then the spell can be cast only three times before passing his limit for that spell. Note that if you reach the limit (60 in this case) you can cast one last time.For the D&amp;D wizard, if you counted spell levels as spell points he would have 182 points at level 20. That equals *20* 9th level spells, not a good thing! But with a requirement mutiplier of... *whips out calculator* x17 for 9th level spells (153 minimum), then he's stopped at just 4. I haven't balenced this out with spells of lower level or other classes, or with anything really, but I think an approach like this might work. Anyone see potential in this?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quip, post: 756128, member: 3816"] While I'm not familiar with Dusk, I have tried developling spell point systems in the past. On the issue of casting highest level spells repeatedly, I came up with a little trick: Have there be a minimum reserve of points that must be left for the spell to be cast. A multiple of the base cost or some function of the power level works best. For example, if a caster has 90 points and is casting his strongest spells at 15 points a piece, and there is a required reserve of 4x base cost, then the spell can be cast only three times before passing his limit for that spell. Note that if you reach the limit (60 in this case) you can cast one last time. For the D&D wizard, if you counted spell levels as spell points he would have 182 points at level 20. That equals *20* 9th level spells, not a good thing! But with a requirement mutiplier of... *whips out calculator* x17 for 9th level spells (153 minimum), then he's stopped at just 4. I haven't balenced this out with spells of lower level or other classes, or with anything really, but I think an approach like this might work. Anyone see potential in this? [/QUOTE]

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